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Paintball.

Took a hit directly on the neck the first time I tried it. Had a big sun shaped yellow and purple bruise on my neck for weeks.

Pass.

Yup. Just outside of Jacksonville. I knew it.

Sounds like a job for AI! That way we'll have more time for washing dishes and folding clothes.

Yes. Now that is an unpopular opinion!

Mixing ingredients together to make something even tastier. Not for this purist!

That song would work! Now to convince all the Taco Trucks to play the same song so we know when they're around the corner.

"It's Raining Tacos" would work.

The song is not public domain though.

Just to be clear I don't want to own and run a Taco Truck, I just heard the Ice Cream Truck and wished it was a Taco Truck.

Seems like missed opportunity to me, though.

I stopped being excited for the Ice Cream Truck decades ago, but if I heard the Taco Truck coming around I'd be super excited and run outside with a big grin.

I don't disagree. I grew up as poor as the characters in this comic and we were definitely not happy like they are. It's fiction and doesn't account for the harshness of reality and very callously ignores the lack of a social safety net.

However, the point of the comic still hits home. Life was much simpler when I was young and poor. The complexities and unnecessary stress of the life I lead now seem almost ridiculous in comparison.

I think the message can be interpreted though. It doesn't have to be taken so literally.

I am the exact same person today in my big adult house with my grown-up job as I was 25 years ago in my tiny little apartment living off $9 an hour. Houses, cars, jobs, promotions...these things don't really change who you actually are. A 25% raise at work won't make you 25% happier.

You can still have a job that pays money and benefits and choose to downsize the rest of your life and eliminate all that stress. You don't need a 3,000 sq. ft. house with a 3 car garage and a marble kitchen island to be happy... You're still going to be the same you.

Yup. I couldn't shake the feeling of sorrow after watching this movie. Like it just clung to me...

This movie absolutely destroyed me emotionally for like a week. I was wholly unprepared for what this movie was really about. I was expecting an alien invasion movie and got a brickload of emotions dumped on my heart.